This weekend my wife hosted a baby shower at our house, so we had a bunch of people over. I soon found myself removed from the family room and the computer room 'cause guys weren't allowed… So what's a guy to do with no HTPC? Luckily for me, my brother was over and brought along his Mac . With time […]
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Monoprice High Quality Speaker Banana Plugs – Solder Type Haven't you always thought banana plugs were the coolest thing ever? I know I have….they just weren't $10/pair cool. That's where Monoprice comes in. They have some very solid banana plugs for less than $2/pair, with prices getting even cheaper if you order multiple pairs at once. Despite being solder type […]
Read moreAs the title says, Lawmakers have proposed a bill to reverse the over the top royalty fee increases that were to be imposed on Internet radio. Outlined in the article is the bill itself which comes up with a good alternative to keep internet radio in business. news.com.com "You can't put an economic chokehold on this emerging force of democracy," […]
Read moreWe have been a little short on display news as of late, so I got off my butt and found a nice review of Mitsubishi's WD-65831 DLP. DLP is still king for size versus cost, however, if you are sensitive to the rainbow artificats of DLPs, look elsewhere. Over DVI0I connection it can acccept 1080p with 60/30/and24hz. This makes an […]
Read moreSecrets of HT and HIFI have a $2,000 Paradign configuration up for test today. The speakers come out of the review relatively unscathed. As well, it looks like they would win a few points in the WAF for design and footprint. Secrets Of Home Theater And High Fidelity With critical music listening it was clear why Paradigm put these in […]
Read moreA quality DVD player does not mean you have to pay a bundle for it. Oppo has come out with a line of great upconverting DVD players. Not only is the upconverting top notch in this player, it can also handle a ton of different CODECS including DivX, WMA, DVD-A and a few others. You can check out our review […]
Read moreThere is definately a love hate relationship going on with CableCard. We love the fact it will bring us integrated Digital PVR loving to HTPC and TIVOs but we hate it because of the DRM, and the control the cable cos have over it. As always, EH has a great article/primer up about CableCards. Electronic House Next to arrive, perhaps […]
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I just happened to be in need of scheduling some recordings at work, so was forced to use MSN's Remote Record (since I can't forward ports on the router to be able to use Webguide). But, I was so surprised & impressed with my experience I thought I would share. It seems the MSN TV guys have been working hard […]
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Some reviews from DenGuru guys on some nifty tri-LCD projection units, if you've got the space, and the money. Just in time for the playoffs! GearDigest  The three tri-LCD video projectors evaluated here performed very well. Any one of these projectors would make a fine compliment to an HD TV setup. Read the individual reviews to assure that […]
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Nial is working on some updates to Big Screen Photos, including some sexy MCML integration. He's even included a video of his work in progress, so make sure to check it out & give him some feedback on some of his great plugins. Nial Greensburg Big Screen Photos 2 is still a work in progress – but this […]
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